Nearly 1,500 body fragments recovered at the site of plane crash near Moscow

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13 February 2018
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Nearly 1,500 fragments of bodies and almost 500 debris pieces were found in the area of the Russian Saratov Airlines An-148 plane crash in the Moscow Region, a spokesperson for the crash emergency response headquarters told Sputnik on Tuesday.

An-148 plane flying from Moscow to the city of Orsk in southwestern Russia crashedon Sunday a few minutes after taking off from the Domodedovo airport outside the Russian capital. All 65 passengers and six crew members on board died in the crash. Communications with the plane were lost merely a few minutes later after takeoff from Moscow's air hub.

Currently, hundreds of specialists with over 100 units of specialized equipment deployed at the site of the deadly incident. They have already managed to find two of the plane's black boxes, which were registering parametric data.